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The Kansas Supreme Court’s chief justice removed himself Monday from a lawsuit over an attempt by legislators to curb the high court’s administrative power that’s threatened the state judiciary’s entire budget. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and the high court’s other six ...

The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal Monday from parents who wanted the ability to raise property taxes above a state cap in their wealthy suburban Kansas City school district. The Shawnee Mission school district parents argued state school funding is ...

The Supreme Court appears ready to impose limits on lawsuits in a Native American court against people who are not members of the Indian tribe. The justices heard arguments Monday in a closely watched appeal by Dollar General Corp. over a ...

Missouri judges got a pay increase this year even though lawmakers didn’t set money aside for the raises. Supreme Court, court of appeals, circuit and associate circuit judges are getting paid about 1 percent more than last fiscal year. Court ...

The last major piece of President Barack Obama’s health care law could raise costs for thrifty consumers as well as large corporations and union members when it takes effect in 2018. The so-called Cadillac tax was meant to discourage extravagant coverage. ...

A federal judge in North Dakota said Friday that his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule aimed at regulating some small waterways applies only to the 13 states that sued to block the rule, and not nationwide. The ruling ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to five distributors of pure powdered caffeine, saying the products put consumers at risk. The letters, which are dated Aug. 27, follow the overdose deaths last year of two young men ...

Those planning security for the New York City leg of the upcoming United States visit of Pope Francis have circled Sept. 25 on their calendars as the perfect storm. That day, Francis is to address world leaders at the United ...

Attorneys for BP told a federal appeals court last week the company should be able to get back some of the money it paid in economic damage claims to businesses and individuals under a settlement arising from the 2010 Gulf ...

Paul Revere left all his household furniture to an unmarried daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe bequeathed her stock in several railroads and a Florida orange grove to her son. Daniel Webster willed a beloved grandson a gold snuff box with the ...

Federal law enforcement officials will be routinely required to get a search warrant before using secretive and intrusive cellphone-tracking technology under a new Justice Department policy announced last week. The policy, the first of its kind, is designed to create ...